While I love the "edgy-ness" of this, I remember doing something like this around 2013 in Manhattan and kind of enjoyed it. They had me go into a room, and gave me a paper with an open ended question: it was something along the lines of, write as much detail as I could about what happens when a user visits a URL in a web browser. E.g. explain as much as I know about TCP, HTTP requests, web servers, etc. I think I touched on how Cookies worked as well.

No AI, no leet code, just old fashioned gauging someone's experience and communication skills.

I'm confused, I'm probably missing here something.

By 'test' you mean a school-type paper exam, questions and answers? (On unspecified topics.)

Why would you refuse that, when applying to a job?

And I bet you both came away from that interview feeling like you’d dodged a bullet. The interviewer just as much as yourself.

That's how I react to companies wanting personality tests.

Wow how tough.

Excellent choice! No amount of money feels as good as claiming the respect you deserve.

I honestly don't know what's so wrong about taking a test for a job, unless the job already requires some kind of certifications/licenses. I, personally, wish that my doctors and lawyers have passed some tests.

Haha owned

It's also for liability. If someone comes in with the intention of suing them, they can point to the test and have objective evidence that the rejection was not based on race or gender. It also allows them to gather data after the employee gets established and succeeds or fails.

Also in the mid 90s, you actually had to be smart to work in this field. There was no stack overflow or reddit to search. And CS programs were nascent.

Companies certainly have taken it too far, but I don't blame them for some usage of standard tests.